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A57545	The good Samaritan; or an exposition on that parable Luke X. ver. XXX----XXXVIII. A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell amongst theeves, &c. By Nehemiah Rogers, preacher of the gospel.; Mirrour of mercy, and that on Gods part and mans. Part II	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1658 (1658)	Wing R1823A; ESTC R222130	165,186	261

supple nor wine to cleanse The first Conclusion we lay down is this Doct. Man was not wounded by the Law The Priest and Levite did not wound this man They were not the Theeves though they did neither helpe nor heale him The Law than is not the proper cause of death to any it doth not properly as a working cause wound the soule of man nor make him lyable to damnation There was you know condemnation enough in the world between Adam and Moses before the Law was published anew and however it be true that the Law shall proove a Condemning and a Judging Law to all impenitent ones and unbelievers yet this was not the primary intention of it no more than it was of the Gospell to condemne men by it which yet will be a savour of death unto death to all that despise it Deut. 30.15 Lev. 18.5 Eze. 20.11 Rom. 10.7 18. Object But Ezek. 20.25 I gave them Lawes that were not good and Iudgements whereby they shall not live There be three sorts of Lawes or Precepts 1. Mala as Mich. 6.16 the Statutes of Omri 2. Non bona as the Ceremoniall Law 3. Bona. So the Morall Law Now those Lawes there spoken of were the Laws of Ceremonies which the Lord calls not good because they could bring nothing to perfection being but shadows of things to come Heb. 10.1 But the morall Precepts are just and holy and the man that doth them shall live by them Gal. 3.12 Object 2. 2 Cor. 3. ● It is the ministration of death Resp So it is accidently as we shall shew anon not because there is any imperfection in the Law but from the weaknesse of the flesh which is not able to keepe the Law whence it propounding a curse to all that do not keepe it and shewing withall no meanes to avoid it man is affected to it as to an enemy that seeks his destruction and ruin so that this ariseth not from the Law but the infirmity of the flesh Vse Such then as thinke it is the proper work and effect of the Law to wound the soule and disquiet the heart are much deceived the proper cause of that is our own guiltinesse The Physitian that shewes me a disease is not the proper cause of the disease So judge we of the Law Secondly in that neither Priest nor Levite did help this man Observe we Doct. There is no Salvation by the Law Though death properly be not by it yet it cannot cure nor save See Gal. 3.21 Rom. 8.3 Act. 13.25 Heb. 7.19 10.1 Reason The Reason the Apostle gives Rom. 8.3 the Law by sinne is become weake and unprofitable to the purpose of Salvation and Justification It is not weak either in Precept or in Doctrine but only in justifying of man and this not in it selfe but by accident because we are naught and not conformable unto it for if we could perfectly keep it it were as able to justifie us now as ever There are three things required to the justifying of us before God all which are impossible for the Law to doe 1. To offer us forgivenesse of those things we do against the Law Now the Law accuseth but absolveth not 2. To work Faith in us to lay hold upon forgivenes being offered which the Law cannot ingender 3. To put strength and power into us that we may be able to keep the Commandements of the Law to the ends of our lives All which are impossible to the Law It instructeth what to do but ministreth no strength to do what it bids Praecipit non adjuvat Lex offert affert Evangelium that is the office of the Gospell For these purposes the Law is weak uneffectual and feeble but that commeth not from the Law but from our Flesh and corrupt nature A carver cannot cut the Image of his Prince on a rotten logg but that is no fault of the Carvers The Law hath skill to justifie but cannot do that feat on our rotten nature Vse Vain is the hope of those who look for Salvation from the Law whither Ceremoniall or Morall many please themselves in Ceremonies other with their good deeds These will be found too weak to effect it Papists in a speciall manner might do well to see their errour who suppose the Law even since the fall to be propounded as a means of Justification at the least in the sight of God Object But it is improbable that God would give a Law that none can keep Promise life under an impossible condition and damne for that which man hath not ability to observe Resp 1. When God first gave the Law it was possible to be kept by man he had strength by Creation given him proportionable to the duties in his Law injoyned Shall not the Land-lord challenge his rent of his tenant What doth God more 2. That the Law is impossible to be kept is not Gods fault but ours as I shewed Rom. 8.3 3. God by such exaction aimes at this to bring us to an acknowledgment of our misery that so in Christ he may have mercy on us Rom. 11.32 A third Conclusion is Doct. Sinne is seene and discovered by the Law As this Priest and Levite came and looked on the man and so discovered him So doth the Law See Rom. 3.20 5.20 7.7 And in this respect it is said to be a Glasse Iam. 1. Given to the disobedient 1 Tim. 1.5 This it doth 1. In discovering the depth and foulenesse of sinne the guile and deceit of the heart by nature giving some evidence to the soule of the horrid vengeance due therto 2. Rom. 3.19 Gal. 3.10 By applying wrath to the soule in particular pronouncing him to be a cursed Creature in respect of it and exposed to all that wrath which sin hath deserved 3. By awaking the Conscience begetting in a man the spirit of bondage and feare so as that a man knows not what to do Act. 2.37 nor which way to turne And this the work of the Morall Law in respect of sins discovery As for the Ceremoniall part of Moses Law that likewise was a help this way the Iewish washings Sacrifices Rites c. Did no other then discover our misery and the penalty due unto transgression and so send us unto Christ that by him our wounds might be healed Vse Hence we may see the Reason why so few are sensible of their naturall condition The Law hath not yet looked on them Hagar cried in her affliction and was heard So he who is under the Law and hath his conscience awakened by it will so cry as to be heard Acts 2.37 16. It is truly said Our hearts are all of sin but our eares are all of Mercy He that will please us with a Song must set it to the Tune of the Gospell We can heare nothing but Pax vobis and see nothing but Ecce agnus As if the Law were of no further use like an old Almanack out of date